Busirat Azeez

Busirat received her Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria and her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Prior to Rice360, Busirat worked as a graduate intern at UI Design Studio where she helped students with 3D printing, coding, and electronics prototyping. As a Rice360 Global Health Fellow, Busirat will focus on the development of a low-cost oxygen analyzer that can help ensure appropriate delivery of therapeutic oxygen to patients.

Busirat will also support the validation of Rice360’s Celsi Warmer device, a low-cost warming mattress to treat hypothermic newborns, through ongoing clinical studies at Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria and future studies at Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania.